| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Popular Statistics |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; NUMBERS COUNT; MISUSING STATISTICS: SOME FACTS OF LIFE; WHY KNOWLEDGE OF MISUSES IS IMPORTANT; SOME CONSEQUENCES OF MISUSES; DELIBERATE OR INADVERTENT?; NO LITERARY LICENSE IS GRANTED TO MISUSERS OF STATISTICS; 2 Setting the Stage:Categories of Misuses; INTRODUCTION; A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES OF MISUSES; SUMMARY; 3 Know the Subject Matter; INTRODUCTION; DR. K. NOWAll AT WORK; SOME REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES; SUMMARY; 4 Definitions; INTRODUCTION; PRELIMINARIES; NUMBERS AND CONCLUSIONS IN CONFLICT |
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IS IT HARD TO BE INTELLIGENT ABOUT 10 TEST SCORES?SUMMARY; 5 Quality of Basic Data; INTRODUCTION; BAD MEASUREMENT AT ALL LEVELS; DATA WITHOUT SOURCES; WRONG NUMBERS; BAD MEASUREMENT; THE UNKNOWABLE; DISAPPEARING DATA; MORE IS LESS; SUMMARY; 6 Graphics and Presentation; INTRODUCTION; SOME HORROR PICTURES; MORE ACTION IN THE GRAPHICAL HORROR SHOW; SUMMARY; 7 Methodology: A Brief Review; INTRODUCTION; STATISTICAL TOOLS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SUMMARY; 8 Faulty Interpretation; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION; CONFLICTING NUMBERS; BLATANT MISINTERPRETATION |
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STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: MISUSE BY MISINTERPRETATIONSUMMARY; 9 Surveys and Polls: Getting the Data; INTRODUCTION; FIRST PRINCIPLES; EXAMPLES OF SURVEY MISUSE; MORE TO COME; 10 Surveys and Polls:Analyzing the Data; INTRODUCTION; UNCERTAINTY; USING SAMPLING ERROR WHEN EVALUATINGSURVEY REPORTS; ON THE BIAS: NONSAMPLING ERRORS; PAY ATTENTION TO THE PROFESSIONAL POLLSTERS; SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS 9 AND 10; 11 The Law of Parsimony: Ockham's Razor; INTRODUCTION; EXAMPLES; 12 Thinking: Lack of Forethought, Lack of Afterthought; INTRODUCTION; THE RED VELVET FLAG; THE JANUS EFFECT |
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WILD AND WOOLLY STATEMENTSASSUMPTION, ASSUMPTION, WHO' S GOT THE ASSUMPTION?; LET'S BE PC: PERCENTAGEWISE CORRECT; OLD MISUSES NEVER DIE, THEY DON'T EVEN FADE AWAY; CUTIING A GOOD FIGURE: WHO'S COUNTING?; THERE IS NOTHING EITHER GOOD OR BAD, BUT THINKING MAKES IT SO; SUMMARY; 13 Ectoplastistics; INTRODUCTION; GHOSTBUSTING; WHEN NUMBERS ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE; SUMMARY; 14 The Body Politic:Governments and Politicians; INTRODUCTION; IN AND OUT OF THE CLOSET: PRACTICES OF GOVERNMENTS; INGENIOUS INTERPRETATIONS AND OTHER ALTERATIONS: THE POWER-DRUNK |
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS: ECTOPLASTISTICS IN THE SERVICE OF POWER AND POLITICS15 Afterword; References; Index |
| Summary |
""Revised and updated edition of a standard in the field. Alerts readers to the problems, inherent in statistical practice-illustrating the types of misused statistics with well-documented, real-world examples, nearly half new to this edition, drawn from a wide range of areas, including the media, public policy, polls and surveys, political elections and debates, advertising, science and health care, and business and economics.""--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index |
| Subject |
Statistics.
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Probabilities.
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Probability
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probability.
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statistics.
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Probabilities
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Statistics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spirer, Louise, author
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| ISBN |
9781482270075 |
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1482270072 |
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